Oversized release flier for THE BRIDGE OF SHADOWS, 1913

Written by
W. E. Wing
Produced by
Fred Huntley
At
THE SELIG STUDIOS
Los Angeles, Cal.
U. S. A.
IN TWO
REELS
ocx>
Copyright 1913, By
The Selig Polyscope Co.
All Rights Reserved
"The BRIDGE of SHADOWS"
The Injustice of
Circumstantial Evidence.
30
IFTplHE (
FIRST REEL.
3 of snap judgment in following circumstantial evi-
II dence is strikingly illustrated in "The Bridge of Shadows."
J I, Every man is innocent until he is proved guilty in the eye of
the law, but when the police once get an impression fixed in
their craniums it is difficult to erase, which makes it hard for a man
even "Shadowed" or accused of crime to ever "come back. "
Francis Edmunds, a middle-aged banker, is perturbed over the
newspaper headlines, "Flood Losses in Ohio, That Will Hopelessly
Involve Insurance Companies." His one confidant is his daughter.
Blanche. He goes to his office with the newspaper in his hand. He
proposes to take into his confidence the new bookkeeper, Edward
Warren, and begin a vigorous campaign in tracing the risks that he
feels have been greatly exaggerated by the press. Night falls as they
are still busy with the task, and he orders his bookkeeper to get a
bite and return quickly. The latter leaves the office, and Edmunds is
seized with illness. He scrawls a note asking the bookkeeper to have
the data of the flood risks re*ly for him later, and he encloses the
key to his private office. He then leaves without locking the safe.
The night watchman comes along, and, observing the office in disorder
and the safe door ajar, becomes suspicious. By the time the book
keeper returns the night watchman is more suspicious. Edmunds, on
returning to his home, rapidly becomes worse, and upon receipt of a
telegram from his company, telling him "the floods have wiped us out,"
receives such a shock that it precipitates his death.
Warren, the new bookkeper, unaware of the condition of affairs
in his master's house, tears up the note, takes the key, and then drags
down all the documentary evidence in sight concerning their "risks."
EDWARD WARREN
FRANCIS EDMUNDS
JUDGE SCANLON
OFFICER O'BRIEN -
OFFICER JOHNSON
BLANCHE EDMUNDS
H. A. Lockwood
Wm. Brown
Al W. Filson
Al Hatch
George Ketcham
Mabel Van Baren
As he swings open the safe door the night watchman, who has summoned a patrolman, pounces utK \ him as a thief. Warren protests
and calls up on the phone. Thi*- is futile, for death has dulled the
He is helpless, but as he has talten nothing, the judge dismisses his
case. This dismissal, however, is merely a sign for unending persecution on the part of the police. With the death of Edmunds disaster-
descend upon his house; his well-beloved daughter, Blanche, steps
from affluence down to poverty. She is not only broken-hearted over
the loss of her father, but pinche .1 by penury, so that she is forced to
battle for bread. There is no work for the "unconvicted," so that
Warren stumbles along, overshadowed by the police, and is refused
one position after another. In the interim, Blanche Edmunds has
great difficulty in bringing herself to the changed conditions. She
finds that in her unfortunate situation she is left quite alone. The
fleeing months find Edward in the bread line, but thrown out by the
police. He seeks the friendly shadows of a bridge, looks over" into
the dark, welcoming water. A woman, approaching, observes his
action, and weak and wretched as she is, saves the desperate man
from himself. Then the pitiful pair limp back toward the city.
The night J
sho.
SECOND REEL.
lunch-wagon by the s
ide of the street,
supporting Edward, and spends her last dime that
they may have food. They then trudge on their way and pass the
opera house. She meets two of her erstwhile friends, and they snub
her. The wretched pair seek a bench in the park. Eventually they fall
in with gypsies, and these wanderers take them in. An officer has a
fight with a band of roughs, when Warren, who has now grown
strong, rescues him and wins the-gratitude of the bluecoats. He at last
is left in peace; in fact, he gets a job through the efforts of the
minion of the law whose life he saved. The gypsy queen finds a lost
child and with Blanche starts to find its parents. The little girl proves
to be the daughter of a distinguished jurist, and through her humane
act Blanche finds a home. Eventually, Warren, now a new man, finds
her, and the Judge recognizes him as the "unconvicted man" in a cele-
brated case that once came under his jurisdiction. Blanche is then
identified as the daughter of the millionaire whose fortunes were supposed to have been swept away by the Dayton floods. The insurance
company has won in its case, and was not bound by "the act of
Providence" in substituting "flood for fire"—but the heiress of the
Edmunds restored fortune cannot be found. Through the Judge,
Blanche has her identity established, comes into her fortune, and does
not forget the friend that she found :n her adversity.

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Written by
W. E. Wing
Produced by
Fred Huntley
At
THE SELIG STUDIOS
Los Angeles, Cal.
U. S. A.
IN TWO
REELS
ocx>
Copyright 1913, By
The Selig Polyscope Co.
All Rights Reserved
"The BRIDGE of SHADOWS"
The Injustice of
Circumstantial Evidence.
30
IFTplHE (
FIRST REEL.
3 of snap judgment in following circumstantial evi-
II dence is strikingly illustrated in "The Bridge of Shadows."
J I, Every man is innocent until he is proved guilty in the eye of
the law, but when the police once get an impression fixed in
their craniums it is difficult to erase, which makes it hard for a man
even "Shadowed" or accused of crime to ever "come back. "
Francis Edmunds, a middle-aged banker, is perturbed over the
newspaper headlines, "Flood Losses in Ohio, That Will Hopelessly
Involve Insurance Companies." His one confidant is his daughter.
Blanche. He goes to his office with the newspaper in his hand. He
proposes to take into his confidence the new bookkeeper, Edward
Warren, and begin a vigorous campaign in tracing the risks that he
feels have been greatly exaggerated by the press. Night falls as they
are still busy with the task, and he orders his bookkeeper to get a
bite and return quickly. The latter leaves the office, and Edmunds is
seized with illness. He scrawls a note asking the bookkeeper to have
the data of the flood risks re*ly for him later, and he encloses the
key to his private office. He then leaves without locking the safe.
The night watchman comes along, and, observing the office in disorder
and the safe door ajar, becomes suspicious. By the time the book
keeper returns the night watchman is more suspicious. Edmunds, on
returning to his home, rapidly becomes worse, and upon receipt of a
telegram from his company, telling him "the floods have wiped us out,"
receives such a shock that it precipitates his death.
Warren, the new bookkeper, unaware of the condition of affairs
in his master's house, tears up the note, takes the key, and then drags
down all the documentary evidence in sight concerning their "risks."
EDWARD WARREN
FRANCIS EDMUNDS
JUDGE SCANLON
OFFICER O'BRIEN -
OFFICER JOHNSON
BLANCHE EDMUNDS
H. A. Lockwood
Wm. Brown
Al W. Filson
Al Hatch
George Ketcham
Mabel Van Baren
As he swings open the safe door the night watchman, who has summoned a patrolman, pounces utK \ him as a thief. Warren protests
and calls up on the phone. Thi*- is futile, for death has dulled the
He is helpless, but as he has talten nothing, the judge dismisses his
case. This dismissal, however, is merely a sign for unending persecution on the part of the police. With the death of Edmunds disaster-
descend upon his house; his well-beloved daughter, Blanche, steps
from affluence down to poverty. She is not only broken-hearted over
the loss of her father, but pinche .1 by penury, so that she is forced to
battle for bread. There is no work for the "unconvicted," so that
Warren stumbles along, overshadowed by the police, and is refused
one position after another. In the interim, Blanche Edmunds has
great difficulty in bringing herself to the changed conditions. She
finds that in her unfortunate situation she is left quite alone. The
fleeing months find Edward in the bread line, but thrown out by the
police. He seeks the friendly shadows of a bridge, looks over" into
the dark, welcoming water. A woman, approaching, observes his
action, and weak and wretched as she is, saves the desperate man
from himself. Then the pitiful pair limp back toward the city.
The night J
sho.
SECOND REEL.
lunch-wagon by the s
ide of the street,
supporting Edward, and spends her last dime that
they may have food. They then trudge on their way and pass the
opera house. She meets two of her erstwhile friends, and they snub
her. The wretched pair seek a bench in the park. Eventually they fall
in with gypsies, and these wanderers take them in. An officer has a
fight with a band of roughs, when Warren, who has now grown
strong, rescues him and wins the-gratitude of the bluecoats. He at last
is left in peace; in fact, he gets a job through the efforts of the
minion of the law whose life he saved. The gypsy queen finds a lost
child and with Blanche starts to find its parents. The little girl proves
to be the daughter of a distinguished jurist, and through her humane
act Blanche finds a home. Eventually, Warren, now a new man, finds
her, and the Judge recognizes him as the "unconvicted man" in a cele-
brated case that once came under his jurisdiction. Blanche is then
identified as the daughter of the millionaire whose fortunes were supposed to have been swept away by the Dayton floods. The insurance
company has won in its case, and was not bound by "the act of
Providence" in substituting "flood for fire"—but the heiress of the
Edmunds restored fortune cannot be found. Through the Judge,
Blanche has her identity established, comes into her fortune, and does
not forget the friend that she found :n her adversity.